The middle-aged man nodded, his expression satisfied. "Very good. Apart from that woman, the Bloody Hand Society completely wiped out in this battle. That's a lesson for the other side."
"A mere local gang dares to set foot in Qigela; they have no respect for Arela at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, the burly man hesitated for a moment, then added in a low voice, "Boss, the files mentioned that besides that woman, the Bloody Hand Society's leader himself is also Mutants."
"And supposedly, he's the real tough one. This complete purge... could it be...?"
The middle-aged man remained unconcerned by his subordinates' hesitation. "Don't worry, Kururu. The Bloody Hand Society's leader is indeed powerful, but we're not without Mutants on our side as well."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to the woman beside him, smiling calmly, "Miss Encore, I'll need your help with the Bloody Hand Society's leader later."
The woman called Encore was plain-looking, but her expression was confident. She smiled and replied, "Councilor Gu Mont, rest assured, we'll take this job. We're confident we can control him."
But after the subordinate left, the smile on the face of Gu Mont, the chairman of Arela Group and a member of the Qigela State, suddenly vanished. He stood frozen in place, his eyes vacant, and he did not say a word.
At this moment, the red-haired woman reclining on the sofa chuckled, " Encore, you're much more adept at dealing with ordinary soldiers and commanders."
The white woman shrugged. "I can only control ordinary people at most. In terms of actual combat strength, Amara and your allies are superior."
Encore hesitated for a moment before asking, "But... is the plan truly foolproof?"
" Encore, after all these years, you're still so cautious." The red-haired woman waved her hand, her tone relaxed. "As long as Kurd successfully replicates his abilities, and with Ahmet by his side, a head-on confrontation is no problem at all."
"His codename is ' Superman,' but he doesn't actually fly, disappear, or become invulnerable."
As Amara spoke, she glanced towards the balcony.
There stood a giant man over three meters tall, his muscles bulging, his physique terrifying, and his body radiating a suffocating aura of power. Even more astonishing was that his body was still slowly expanding, his aura rising steadily, and the oppressive feeling growing ever stronger.
Although Mutants are rare in this world, the confirmed total number has already exceeded 100,000 when considering a population of seven or eight billion.
Within such a large group, many individuals with astonishing abilities naturally emerged.
However, unlike Professor X or Magneto who make public appearances and are active in the spotlight, many top Mutants remain hidden in the shadows and rarely show themselves.
For example, this burly man is named Ahmet, nicknamed " Living Monolith." He can absorb cosmic radiation and high-energy rays, store them, and convert them into destructive energy for release; the more he absorbs, the larger his size becomes, and his strength, defense, and speed also increase accordingly.
The red-haired woman, Amara, codenamed " Magma," briefly served in the X-Men. She controls the Earth's crust, capable of causing earthquakes, igniting volcanoes, and even melting herself completely into flowing Magma, making her as destructive to the environment as Storm.
As for Encore, she specializes in mind manipulation, which can affect a large number of ordinary people at once, but has limited effect on those with strong willpower.
Meanwhile, in a distant, ravaged city, a low, enclosed metal house gleamed coldly, inside which stood Yidileisi, her entire body made of steel.
In the shadows of the street corner outside the house, a dark-skinned woman stood silently, her expression indifferent. The space around her seemed frozen, even the wind seemed to stand still.
When Chen Xiao sped through the air at several times the speed of sound, covering 1,300 kilometers in just over ten minutes, he did not land directly in the Qigela City.
Ten thousand meters above the ground, he stood with his arms crossed, his gaze calm, looking into the distance.
With exceptional eyesight, the coastline twenty kilometers away was clearly visible: amidst the ruins, thousands of armed personnel stood ready, with Tank, armored vehicles, heavy machine guns, Rocket, and individual missile launchers deployed in layers of defense.
There were also those reinforced buildings, and the dark-skinned woman lurking quietly at the street corner.
Further away, in a villa perched on a cliff by the sea, several Mutants came into clear view, especially the one on the balcony, who was over five meters tall and exuded surging energy fluctuations; it was hard not to notice him.
"I didn't expect it to be all Mutants this time. I thought there would be a few supernatural ability users." Chen Xiao was slightly surprised.
He had originally imagined that the scheme to lure him here might be a joint effort by multiple forces, or a mastermind with a powerful background and cunning methods.
At present, it seems to be nothing more than a scheme orchestrated by a few exceptionally powerful Mutants.
But what exactly are they after? Do they covet his abilities? Or are they hired specifically to ambush and kill him?
Before the thought even finished, Chen Xiao's figure flashed, tearing through the air and bursting forward with a deafening roar, leaving a trail of blinding white sonic boom clouds behind him, the sharp whistling deafening.
"They've arrived."
As soon as the sonic boom occurred, on the top floor of the cliffside villa, Amara and the others' expressions changed instantly, and they all looked up at the sky.
At the same moment, in various parts of the city, several soldiers holding individual missile launchers suddenly looked up, their eyes glazed over, clearly having been manipulated.
They quickly turned their guns, aimed at the rapidly approaching black dot in the sky, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Three short-range missiles, designed specifically to target helicopters, were launched into the sky, leaving fiery trails as they hurtled towards the heavens.
The piercing whistling sound instantly alarmed the entire city, and all the armed personnel instinctively looked up.
Then, they saw a dark shadow swooping down at incredible speed under the dim sky, crashing head-on into the three missiles.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three bursts of flame exploded, and a blinding light pierced through the gloom.
As the flames subsided, a figure pierced through the fire curtain and instantly appeared above the city. Immediately afterward, two blinding crimson beams of light descended from the sky!
boom!!
The Heat Vision, carrying intense heat and impact, struck the ground like a high-explosive bomb, unleashing a Berserk shockwave that swept in all directions, with Heat Wave surging like the sea.
Hundreds of meters in the air, Chen Xiao sped around the city at Hiss, his eyes shooting out intense beams of light that swept across everything in his path, causing tall buildings to collapse and streets to crumble.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, flames erupted and explosions followed one after another. Countless armed personnel screamed and fled, their cries shaking the heavens.
"Help!"
"Run!"
"Hide in the basement! Quick!"
Faced with a high-temperature beam of light that fell from the sky, half a meter in diameter, and swept across the street, these ordinary soldiers were powerless to resist.
Armored vehicles were overturned and exploded, and Tank were cut in half, instantly turning into rolling fireballs.
In the blink of an eye, the urban area near the coast had been turned into a sea of fire, with dazzling flames shooting straight into the night sky, illuminating the horrified faces of countless people in the distant main city.
In just a few minutes, Chen Xiao circled the city more than ten times, leveling almost all the streets and buildings, and annihilating thousands of armed men.
Only then did the high-temperature beam of light shooting from his eyes suddenly extinguish. He hovered tens of meters in mid-air outside the core area, where the only unburned zone in the entire scorched earth was located.
Amidst the raging flames, only a two-story building stood unharmed. Within a radius of two hundred meters, everything within that building remained frozen in place: the flames churning in the distance and the debris flying from the explosions instantly came to a standstill once they crossed the boundary.
Even Chen Xiao's blazing white ray stopped abruptly when it touched the edge of this area, condensing into an energy mark that floated in mid-air and trembled slightly.
Chen Xiao's pupils contracted slightly. "The power of time?"
Only time itself can cause energy to stagnate.
If it's merely a slowing or dragging ability, the energy attack will still advance slowly and will never completely freeze.
He glanced at the dark-skinned woman, then looked into the distance, his tone calm. "Show yourselves, all of you. You've trapped her just to lure me here, haven't you?"
"As expected of ' Superman Vitas,' widely recognized as the strongest of the new Mutants, I admire his confidence."
Before the words were even finished, the flames on the beach suddenly collapsed and went out, carving out a straight path. A massive giant, swollen to over seven meters tall, strode in, each step causing the ground to tremble and vibrate, emanating an aura of oppression no less powerful than that of Destroyer.
He wore retractable metal armor only on his wrists, shoulders, ankles, and waist, and a helmet on his head; the rest of his body was bare.
Amara, with her curly red hair, sat atop the giant's shoulder, smiling as she looked up at Chen Xiao in the sky. Occasionally, a tongue of fire would lick at her, only to be drawn away by an invisible force field and silently enter her body.
Beside the giant stood a handsome blond youth with a gentle smile on his lips and a calm demeanor, as if he were at a tea party rather than a battlefield.
Compared to the X-Men acted with restraint and adhered to the rules, these individuals were more like true Mutants, flamboyant, unrestrained, and without any scruples, displaying a superhuman's condescension and alienation from the mundane world in every gesture.
Yidileisi was still there, Chen Xiao showed no anger. Instead, he asked with interest, "Tell me, what exactly do you want from luring me here?"
Having been cooped up at home for nearly two months, especially in the basement, even Chen Xiao was getting a little restless, but he didn't mind spending some time with them.
"Actually, there's nothing special about it."
The blond youth smiled gently and said in a mild tone, "I heard that not long ago, you defeated Thor from Norse mythology in Mexico State."
"This news shocked us greatly; it turns out that the legendary gods actually exist."
"What's even more surprising is that He was defeated by you."
"Therefore, just to see Mr. Vitas in person and pay homage to this Mutants who can defeat the gods, we specifically asked Mr. Gu Mont of the Arela Group to act as our liaison."
Chen Xiao scoffed lightly. "Just to see me, you went to such lengths, even killing two or three hundred of my men? Your sincerity is truly astonishing."
He naturally didn't believe that explanation.
But at this moment, he still hadn't figured out the other party's true intentions.
Hahahaha... Hahaha!